spinga

Italian

Verb

spinga

1. inflection of spingere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

tre spingor eller spingstickor

Noun

spinga c

1. a short sliver, stick or splinter of wood (as resulting from the verb, below)

Declension

Declension of spinga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spinga	spingas
	definite	spingan	spingans
plural	indefinite	spingor	spingors
	definite	spingorna	spingornas

Synonyms

• spingsticka
• sticka
• tändved

Verb

spinga (present spingar, preterite spingade, supine spingat, imperative spinga)

1. to sliver (wood), to split wood into slivers or fine sticks, such as for kindling
   • 1882, August Strindberg, “Nya vapen”, in Svenska öden och äventyr:

     Gumman glättade halsdukar på en bräda, och gubben spingade stickor.

     The woman ironed scarves on a board, and the man split wood.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spinga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	spinga		spingas
Supine	spingat		spingats
Imperative	spinga		—
Imper. plural1	spingen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	spingar	spingade	spingas	spingades
Ind. plural1	spinga	spingade	spingas	spingades
Subjunctive2	spinge	spingade	spinges	spingades
	Participles
Present participle	spingande
Past participle	spingad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• spänta

Related terms

• spingare
• spinge
• spingning
• spingsticka

References

• spinga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) (only the verb)
• spinga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• pigans, pisang